Tony Hawk: Ride may have been useless as video game, but that sturdy plastic controller may have a second calling as a real skateboard. All you need is your own wheels.

A few drills and grip tape and these kids are off, the former game peripheral given a new lease on life as a skateboard deck. And it holds up pretty well! Not well enough for everyday use, of course, but well enough to get these guys by with until John Q Law shows up (and for which they have a waterproof set of excuses).